ham radio license studying
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Frydaddy
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This should be a fairly easy study guide for the technician license. I recommend skimming over the General license study guide as well because when you pass your test, you can take the next test the same day for free.
http://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2014-no-nonsense-tech-study-guide-v20.pdf
73, KC3AGV
http://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2014-no-nonsense-tech-study-guide-v20.pdf
73, KC3AGV
I have been using hamtestonline dot com. They are on line questions whit the answers. They are the same questions you get on the test.
Frydaddy
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Wow, $25 for a 20 question test thats only $15 itself.
I have to say the test isn't that hard anymore since they pulled the morse requirement (among other things).
The whole question pool is public too. http://www.arrl.org/Tech-Question-Pool
Sorry to knock you Aspenkid, but I recommend saving your money to study on the harder tests. General and Extra are exponentially harder in my opinion.
Not knocking at all.... and I didn't say I was studying for general....
Dever
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http://www.qrz.com/hamtest/ has good practice tests (but the site is down for maintenance at the moment)
The ARRL has a good study tool and practice tests at http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com
Frydaddy
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The technician license let's you transmit on a handful of bands and at certain powers. Most casual users will go their whole life at this level. General and Extra let's you transmit on more bands and higher power levels. Each license only requires one test that's 20 multiple choice questions.
Look up any local ham club website for test dates. When I went, they were all chipper and were happy to see new faces. One person took all three tests that morning, a rare sight, he made it to the General level.
You are free to listen on any frequency. There is a chart laying out the transmit limits for all licenses on the ARRL site somewhere.
Edit: and renewal is once every ten years for only a few bucks.
Look up any local ham club website for test dates. When I went, they were all chipper and were happy to see new faces. One person took all three tests that morning, a rare sight, he made it to the General level.
You are free to listen on any frequency. There is a chart laying out the transmit limits for all licenses on the ARRL site somewhere.
Edit: and renewal is once every ten years for only a few bucks.
whispike
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Cool, thanks for the info!
Frydaddy
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I have a Kenwood TM-281A, loaded with all the repeaters in the Phoenix valley.
I also have a TYT TH-UVF9 handheld in the back, But 2 meter has not gotten popular in the offroad community.
There is a 4X4Ham dot com community, but I don't see much activity.
I guess, I'll have to fold and install my Cobra 75WXST for all the plebeian CB types, heh.
Do you see much use on 70 cm? I'm debating a 2 m only radio vs dual band for my Jeep.
I've had a technician license since 2009. Just very inactive and slow in getting a radio put in the new Jeep. Below is a link to a site where you can download a free app and have sample tests on your phone or tablet so that you can practice taking the test. The good think is that you can go back and select sample tests for general and extra if you decide to get a test past technician. I was studying for my general but got lazy. I got my HAM license some time after Katrina and the last big fire we had here in San Diego.
http://www.delasystems.ws/HamRadioExam/HamRadioExam
http://www.delasystems.ws/HamRadioExam/HamRadioExam
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pbujk13
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Please post what you find out!
Frydaddy
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Bosunmate
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I always bring along a hand-held ham radio when wheeling just in case of an emergency, or if by chance another wheeler is a ham and has a radio. Unfortunately, I do not know any fellow wheelers who are also amature radio operators. I did install a CB for trail communications.
tanmanjk
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I have some stuff on my computer about decoding and encoding. I think the Prof I have know was taught by Prof Hamming.
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